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with numerous minute dots at their base, visible mostly with the microscope. The 
native name of the fish is ‘ Tipree.’ 
Although the Tipree differs from Dr. Hamilton’s Cyprinus Ticto, in having one ray 
less in the ventral and caudal fins, and one more in the anal, and mention is not made 
of the occasional spot at the base of the first dorsal ray, I am nevertheless satisfied they 
are the same from the figure of the Ticto in Dr. Hamilton’s Plates. 
Found in the Mota Mola river, at Poona. 
Genus Cositis, Lin. 
Cositis RuPELLI. 
Tab. LXIV. Fig 1. 
A nearly cylindrical scaleless Cobitis, not much thicker than a large goose-quill ; from 2 to 3 inches long ; 
with 6 cirri; colour, including the fins, greenish-yellow, with the exception of the belly, which is white ; 
the lateral line marked with short brown bars, and the rays of the dorsal and anal fins similarly barred ; 
tail-fin cheveroned with brown. 
The head acuminated : eyes high up, and prominent ; irides partly golden: dorsal fin 
of 13 rays, including a minute ray in front of the longest ray, higher and longer than 
any but the tail-fin ; pectoral fins of 12 rays, the central ray the longest ; ventral fins 
of 8 rays, situated behind a perpendicular from the first dorsal ray ; anal fin of 8 rays, 
including the first double ray; tail-fin large, rather notched than forked, the lobes 
being small, of 19 rays, besides minute rays on the outer side of the longest rays. The 
head, although acuminated, has the snout rounded : it is unarmed, and there are small 
cirri at the corners of the mouth, and 4 small ones on the edge of the upper lip, the 
two intermediate ones being shorter than the exterior. The lateral line runs straight 
along the side of the fish. The native name is ‘ Mooreh.’ 
The Mooreh has a close affinity to the Cobitis Ciltwrio of Dr. Hamilton, but it differs 
in the number of its rays supporting the fins, and slightly in the arrangement of its 
colours. 
The Mooreh is a very beautiful little fish, is in great esteem for food, and is found in 
the Beema river, near the town of Taimbournee ; in the Mota Mola river, near Poona, 
and probably in most of the other rivers of Dukhun. 
Cositis Mooreu. 
A Cobitis, with the same name of ‘ Mooreh’; it differs from the preceding only in 
being of a smaller size, in having 12 rays in the dorsal, and 7 in the anal fin: the 
head is more obtusely pointed, and there are more dark blotches on it: the transverse 
dark marks on the body are not arranged along the lateral line and over the back, and 
alternating with each other: it differs, moreover, in having the tail wedge-shaped, and 
finally in having very minute scales. The fins have a very light orange tint. 
Found in the Mota Mola river, at Poona. 
